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Date:      Sat, 2 Dec 2006 20:05:13 -0800
From:      "Kevin Sanders" <newroswell@gmail.com>
To:        "Alexander Kabaev" <kabaev@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Vishal Patil <bsd.devil@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Tools for FreeBSD development
Message-ID:  <375baf50612022005i6b9a174w5d251e710d8cefc@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20061202210741.02e0728a@kan.dnsalias.net>
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On 12/2/06, Alexander Kabaev <kabaev@gmail.com> wrote:
> I personally think that having a dedicated box in disk-less
> configuration is the best option out there. The ability to quickly go
> through series of hands/reboots without any associated fsck runs and
> without the risk of terminally damaging any local FS is priceless. If
> qemu can be tricked into disk-less booting, it should be just as good
> though.
>
> --
> Alexander Kabaev

Alexander, when you say disk-less configuration, are you referring to
booting from a network image/server?  That's an interesting idea.  I'm
fairly new to FreeBSD development also, and prefer the speed of a
dedicated box, but recently suffered my first corrupted beyond repair
system.

Kevin



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